Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
GORDON AZ CixCINNATE.
Isc speaks of Mr.. Davis and C0n-
ieaPraIe Flags.
by telegraph To ihe Dispatch.l

by telegraph To ;he Dispatch.l
CIYcIyEATI, o., October 29.-In his
speech here last night Governor Cor
dcn. of Georgia, alluded TO tue recep-
ton of the Hon. Jefferson Davis mt Ma
con, rs follows: 1t is charged that we
cheored Jen. Davis. Does that mean
Going to war again ? Let us reason.
Suppose We didn't Suppose We had
turned our back on this plle-facel,
bloken-down old man? Why, did he
DO that ] hadn't done? | don't think
] shot anybody. but tried pretty hard.
You might ask me to turn the cold
shoulder on the wife ofmy bosom. She
went with me to the front. She followed
me 10 camp, shared my dangers even
to the picket, and at times in danger OF
the battle, and under Providence 1 owe
to her tender Nursing that my life was
sparod me. Why should | hate her?
Ii We should turn our backs on that
man and refuse him our sympathies
We should merit the scorn OF every
brave man in this audience, aud you
would feel an absolute contempt forrs.
y hen JEFF. Davis LETT the United states
senate he left it rich, with regret,
ard full Of political honors. For
or sakes he became poor, and Is
a, barred forever from political hcnOrs
IL his own country. He fingers to-
6,y, with broken health and scarcely
place to lay bis head, dragging after
lin wounded limbs with increasing
"a atring that followed him from
luena Vista. What would you think
%. me if | said SEQ hence, | have
go more Use for you? l am not going
10 do 1t. | would have contempt for
General Meryon (who sat on the stage
if he went back on the grand old name
Of Abraham Lincoln. Put yourself in
tic other fellows place. 1t was my
fortune few weeks ago in Philadelphia
to take part in the celebration Of the
adoption of the Constitution, and when
Georgia had taken her part was proud
~ / stood in the streets to see the
shattered remnants Of the Union army
barring the shattered remnants of the
cd flags, and as they were viewed by
that September light amid the shouts
OF ten thousand throats, | felt that thrill
that knew was pulsating in veins OF
the strong, grand men, remnants OF the
Grand Amy of the Republic. Why
shouldn't |? They were consecrated
10 "A cause which to those who gathered
around them was as holy as honor and
truth. L would have no faith in home
and liberty if those men did not love
their old flags. SO, too, we loved ours.
Let us get olt Of the universe when
hatred of the South is called loyalty to
the North. J am going to show you
that our children should love their
flags? A man is better who has
the nerve to do justice, whatever
it costs. Was there any honor in
carrying the old flags? They,
too, were woven by patriotic hands of
southern women. They were delivered
to husbands and brothers, consecrated
by tears and prayers. Some were rent
with bullets, blackened with gunpow-
der, and redeemed with the blood of
the brave. Don't we build monuments
to Confederate dead Why, General
Grant, the greatest general of the
Union army, said he was willing to
share in the dedication of monument
to the Confederate dead. There isn't
good sense in it, and the man who tries
to stir your passions does not deserve
your votes. You see in some of your
papers column after column about rebel
flags. This is the truth [ was there
there were in all that great central city
Of Macon, Ga, not a dozen Confede
rate flags and fifty thousand of Stars
and Stripes ; and yet some people are
so color-blind that they could not see
anything but rebel flags, and the
very carriage that bore jeff. Davis and
the horses that drew him were literally
covered with Onion flags. The very
house that he was in was covered with
them 80 as to almost blind him. Some
speeches were made, a leader was
chosen to present memento of atfec-
ton to his wife, and the great climax
OF it was that the Union was rehabili-
tated on firmer basis than ever.